WEBVTT AVOID A LAWSUIT LIKE THE ONE FILED AGAINST THE COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. GRADUATION DAY IS ALWAYS MEMORABLE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY SO FOR A GROUP OF UCF GRADS TODAY. THEIR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. WESH 2'S DAVE MCDANIEL REPORTS, THE 42ND PRESIDENT STRESSED USING THEIR EDUCATION TO NOT JUST MAKE THEIR OWN LIVES BETTER BUT THEIR COMMUNITY'S AS WELL. BILL CLINTON TOLD THE COMMENCEMENT CROWD HE IS A BIG FAN OF UCF BECAUSE OF ITS DIVERSITY AND BECAUSE IT IS A FORWARD THINKING UNIVERSITIES. HE ENCOURAGED THE NEW GRADUATES TO WORK HARD TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. [ CHEERING ] IT WAS AN EXTREMELY WARM WELCOME FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BEFORE THE DOORS EVEN OPENED FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION, THERE WAS ANXIOUS ANTICIPATION. I HOPE HIM TO GIVE ME INSPIRATION ABOUT THE FUTURE. I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN I FOUND OUT. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TRUE UNTIL I FOUND OUT. I AM UCF'S MOST ARDENT, UNPAID SLACK. CLINTON ENCOURAGED THE GRADUATES TO FIND COMMON GROUND IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM EVEN IF IT'S HARD. YOU CAN'T SOLVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS IF YOU ARE MAD. AND NOBODY KNOWS ENOUGH TO SOLVE THEM ALL. THEY DEVELOPED OVER DECADES BUT NO MATTER HOW SMART WE ARE, HOW RIGHTEOUS WE ARE, HOW CLOSE TO THE TRUTH WE ARE, WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. HE SAYS THE GRADUATES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST TO THEMSELVES BUT TO THE NATION'S FUTURE. EMBRACE THIS. YOU ARE LITERALLY LIVING IN THE AGE OF GREATEST POSSIBILITY. THE ONLY REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER OUR MINDS CAN EXPAND AND OUR HEARTS CAN OPEN ENOUGH TO MAKE IT A NEW GOLDEN AGE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOLD THE NEW GRADUATES THAT IF THEY ONLY HANG AROUND PEOPLE WHO THINK EXACTLY LIKE THEY DO, THEY'LL STOP LEARNING. HE SAYS IT IS REALLY HEALTHY AND EDUCATIONAL TO HANG AROUND PEOPLE WITH OPPOSING POINTS OF